Device for propelling and steering vessels.



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EATENTEB MAY 28s 1967,

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UNiTED STATES Parana aerien..

WILLIAM oTIs cUTTnaoF NATIeK, iviassiicnusnrrs.

DEVICE FORnPROPELLING of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices for Propelling and Steering Vessels, of which the tollewing is a specification.

The object of thisinvention is to provide a cheap, simple, and easily operated device for pro elling and steering vessels.

i any desired form.

he invention consists in the combination and arrangement ol" parts set forth in the following speciication and particularly pointed out in the claims thereof.

Referring tc the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a vessel with my improved` propelling and steering device incorporated therein.A Fig. 2 is a section, partly in plan, taken on line 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section, partly in plan, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical section, partly in elevation, taken on line 4 4 of F ig. 2.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 5 is the vhull of a vessel of 6 is a pipe extending lon gitudinally of the hull of said vessel beneath the water line and opening out of the bow of said vessel at one end, the other end being connected to a cock .7, Whichconsists of a casing 8 and a rotatable plug 9; connected at its upper end to an arm 10. The lug 9 is rotated by means of a link 11 wliic is connected to the arm at one end,'and at the other end thereof is connected to a slide 12', guided in suitable bearings 13, 13 and provided upon its upper face, at the left hand end thereof, with a rack 14 which meshes into a pinion 15 fast to a shaft 16. The shaft 16 is ]ourna led in bearings 17 and has a sprocket gear 18fast thereto which is connected by a sprocket chain 19 to a sprocket gear 2O fast to a shaft yss 21supported upon a stand `22 upon the deck. The shaft 21 is rotated by means of a steering wheel 23.

The casing 8 is provided with an inlet orifice 24 to which the pipe 6 is connected at its right hand end. Said casing is also provided with a plurality of outlet orifices 25 tovwhich outlet pipes 26, 26, 2'6, 26 are connected,

said outlet pipes leading from the casing 8 toward the stern of the boat and opening out of said stern upon opposite sides thereof, as shownn Fig. 2.

Specicaton of Letters Patent. Application led April 13,1906. Serial No. 811,502.

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each series there are eight outlet ipes, so; g that whenthe plug is in the position illiis-,

,l trated in Fig. 3, two of these outletpipefs will' be located upon each side oi" the passage) 27 which do not communicate with said passage i when the plug is in the position illustrated in l said Fig. 3.

.' The plug 9 is illustrated in Fig. 3 in the position in which it stands when itis desired to i drive the vessel straighti'orward. lf it is dcsired to drive the vessel to starboard the plug 9 is turned toward the right so as to bring the passage 27 in aliiiement with thcoutlet pipes 26, 26, 26, 26. If it is desired to drive the vessel to port, then the plug is turned in the o posite direction, or toward the left, until tlIie passage 27 alines with the outlet pi pcs 26', 2q', 26', 26. It is preferable that the cross equal to the sum or' the cross sectional areas of the outlet pipes 26, 26which at one time communicate with the passage 27.

An ejector 29 isinserted in the pipe 6, said ejector having an inlet orifice 3 0, an outlet orifice 31 and an intermediate orifice 32. The inlet orifice of said ejector is connected to the left hand portion of the pipe 6 (Fig. 1)

hand portion of said pipe, and the intermediate orifice 32 is connected to a receptacle 33, said receptacle adapted to containiluid un.- der pressure, whether said iluid be steam, compressed air, or gases under pressure. A valve 34 is provided in the connection 35 which connects the receptacle 33'to the intermediate orifice 32 of the ejector in order to shut off the power when desired, and this valve is operated by an arm 36 connected by a link 37 to a treadle pivoted at 39 to a bracket fast to the deck, said treadle 38 extending over t0 a convenient point in order that the steersman may operate the same while standing at the steering wheel 23.

The general' o eration. ofthe device hereinbeforev specifica ly described is as follows: The steersrnan opens the valve 34 by ressing dQunderthe outlet oriiice 31 is connected to the right -lsectional area of the inlet oriiice 24 shall be IOO IIO

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l inlet ori'lice rl claim and desire by pressure', such as steam or gas, to said valve from the receptacle 33 and through the intermediate orifice 32 of the ejector 29 into the pipe 6.-4 l.This fluid passing through the ejector causes a partial vacuum which draws the Water inwardlT from the outside of the vessel through the water inlet pipe 6 and forces the saine through the plug passage 27 and out of the outlet pipes 26, 26, 26, 26, Fig. 3. Ifit is desired to steer the vessel to starboard or port, it ma)r be done by rotating ,theplug -9` toward the right or toward the left', respectively, as hereinbelfore described.

Having thus described my invention, what Letters Patent to secure 1s:

'1. In combination, a vessel, a Water pipe vessel beneath the water line and opening at one end'thereof out of the bow of said vessel, a Coeli consisting of a Casin g provided with an connected to the other end of said pipe a passage extending tlleretlnmigli having sides diverging adj aven t to the inlet orifice of pass through `fesaidCing, a plurality of outlet v from said exteinling longitudinally of the hull of said l and a rotatable plug provideiliritll l pi es leading cdl'thrrsternnf saidpvessel, an ejector Vhaving its inletand o\u` \o:ei`fices connected to said pipe between said c eldd my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit-f'` DGSSQS.

`W i tn esses':

CHARLES SGOODrNG, ANNIE J. DAILEY.

and a receptacle for fluid under .pres-\3o WILLIAM' orrs GUTTER., 

